Employment Law News from the EEOC

• Wednesday, October 7, 2026
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jaco Enterprises, L.L.C., a transportation company offering services throughout Kentucky, agreed to the entry of a court judgment for $85,000 to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/court-orders-jaco-enterprises-pay-85000-forced-compliance-eeoc-sexual-harassment

 

• Tuesday, October 6, 2026
  NEW YORK — Hungry Ghost Tribeca, LLC, doing business as Hungry Ghost Coffee, a New York City café chain, will pay $22,500 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/hungry-ghost-coffee-settles-eeoc-religious-discrimination-and-retaliation-suit

 

• Tuesday, October 6, 2026
  SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Birchstone Management, a warehousing and logistics management company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, agreed to provide $55,000 to a female job applicant and $445,000 for a class settlement fund following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/warehouse-logistics-company-pay-500000-settle-eeoc-sex-discrimination-charge

 

• Monday, October 5, 2026
  MIAMI — El Dorado Furniture Corporation, a Florida furniture company operating 19 retail stores across the state, agreed to pay $1.3 million to a class of white, black and other non-Hispanic job applicants to resolve a federal hiring discrimination investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/el-dorado-furniture-corporation-pay-13-million-settle-national-origin-discrimination

 

• Thursday, October 1, 2026
  FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, the largest operator of discount department stores in the country, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee at a Fredericksburg Walmart, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-walmart-disability-discrimination-10

 

• Thursday, October 1, 2026
  NEWARK, N.J. — Piscataway, New Jersey-based Novadoz Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $116,666 to settle a 2025 charge alleging it denied an assistant manager’s request to work remotely because of her race, her American national origin and her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/novadoz-pharmaceuticals-pay-116666-resolve-eeoc-charge-alleging-national-origin-and-other

 

• Thursday, October 1, 2026
  SECAUCUS, N.J. — Optima Care Secaucus, LLC, doing business as Optima Care Fountains, owner and operator of a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility, violated federal law when it revoked a certified nursing assistant’s reasonable accommodations without reason and then fired her based on her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-optima-care-fountains-disability-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  SAN FRANCISCO — Sibitalent Corp., a Texas-based employment agency specializing in information technology staffing and recruitment, violated federal law when it refused to refer an American applicant for a position in Mountain View, California because of the applicant’s national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sibitalent-h-1b-visa-based-national-origin-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  RENO, Nev. — Scheels All Sports, Inc., a Fargo, North Dakota-based national sporting goods retailer, violated federal law when it changed its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), forcing a class of employees to sell their company shares when they turned 40 years of age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-scheels-all-sports-age-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Willow Park Healthcare Center and Southwest LTC Management Services violated federal law when they denied a nurse’s request for disability‑related medical leave, harassed her, and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-willow-park-healthcare-disability-discrimination-harassment-and-retaliation

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  MILWAUKEE — Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin generator manufacturer, reached an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve for monetary and injunctive relief a religious accommodation charge involving an employee’s request to use biological pronouns for another employee, the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/generac-settles-eeoc-charge-involving-religious-accommodation-request

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  VANCOUVER, Wash. — Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer Stores, a national supermarket chain headquartered in Portland, Oregon, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate pregnant employees, retaliated against them, and fired them for requesting reasonable accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fred-meyer-stores-pregnancy-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  MIAMI — Call 4 Health, a medical call center in Delray Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it failed to provide a class of female employees leave for childbirth as a reasonable accommodation, and instead required them to resign and reapply for their positions once medically cleared to work, resulting in their terminations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-call-4-health-under-pregnant-workers-fairness-act

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, and its subsidiary Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilder, LLC, violated federal law by rescinding job offers after learning of applicants’ prescription medications, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-bollinger-shipyards-continuing-disability-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  HOUSTON — Sequoias Tree Expert, LLC, a Houston-based commercial tree trimming and landscaping company servicing utility companies in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, violated federal law by refusing to hire female job applicants into field positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sequoias-tree-expert-sex-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Arc, Inc., a nonprofit providing disability support services, violated federal law when it refused to provide a pregnant employee with reasonable accommodations, forced her to take leave, and ultimately terminated her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-st-louis-arc-pregnancy-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  HOUSTON — A large healthcare provider specializing in pediatric care and services will pay $650,000 and provide other relief to resolve a charge involving an employee’s religious objection to performing work related to sex-rejecting medical procedures, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pediatric-hospital-pay-650000-over-alleged-failure-accommodate-religious-objection

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  BOSTON — Atlantic Property Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, will pay $112,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/atlantic-properties-and-diversified-funding-pay-112000-eeoc-disability-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), a national shipping, logistics, and supply chain management company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate or hire a deaf applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-ups-disability-discrimination

 

• Tuesday, September 29, 2026
  MEMPHIS — Triad National Security, LLC, a laboratory management company based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, agreed to resolve charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $2.8 million and other relief, the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/triad-national-security-pay-28-million-resolve-eeoc-religious-and-disability